The temperature on March 18, 1940 was between 4.8 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
March 30 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.
May 28 » World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium.
July 2 » The SS Arandora Star is sunk by U-47 in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians.
July 20 » California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
August 26 » Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
September 7 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
Day of marriage August 21, 1963
The temperature on August 21, 1963 was between 10.8 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 16.7 mm of rain during 10.5 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 15 » Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone.
May 25 » The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
August 15 » President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
August 24 » Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm if he did not remove his brother Ngô Đình Nhu.
October 3 » A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule.
November 24 » Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is killed by Jack Ruby.
Day of death August 6, 1971
The temperature on August 6, 1971 was between 14.5 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 1 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
May 3 » Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989.
August 22 » J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
August 27 » An attempted coup d'état fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations.
September 9 » The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
November 6 » The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
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